Hello, and welcome back to the next issue of Computer Entertainer. Here, we have some more big news, where RDI Video Systems, the creator of Dragon's Lair, caught everyone by surprise with its Halcyon, a home console with Pioneer Corporation's LaserDisc player. It comes with a light headset through which one can talk to the console to control action. The system talks back with the player, "remembers" his or her name, progress, and voice, and saves exactly where one leaves off. Supposed to come packaged with Halcyon is Thayer's Quest, a fantasy adventure game, with others planned. It is also capable of playing LaserDisc films. Its pricing makes it suitable only to gaming enthusiasts, but that alone means that the console's development will be canceled. Meanwhile, back at Summer CES, after the abundance of inferior games and the resultant negative press, an unprecedented number of software companies are flocking to education. Computer Entertainer expects that those applications will suffer the same fate as the entertainment software, with only the strongest companies and finest titles surviving. Apple IIc computers flood every corner with software both designed exclusively and have been fitted for this portable model. In stark contrast, not one PCjr was spotted at the event as developers pull back and wait to see how the situation regarding IBM's enhancements and consumer demand pans out. The Macintosh continues to lack any third-party support, and no company at the event has announced new software for the Coleco Adam. On the bright side, companies have begun to take notice of the risk factor of releasing inferior products, as more than ever they are prepared to admit that their products may never hit the store shelves, making suggestions for improvement or canceling the products if they feel that the reception has not been positive enough. At a booth at Summer CES, Datasoft has unveiled Juno First for Commodore 64, Lost Tomb for Atari and C64, and Meridian III and Mancopter for all home computers. First Star Software will bring MAD Magazine's comic strip Spy vs. Spy to C64 and Apple II in the fall, with IBM and Atari conversions scheduled for a later release. A line of educational software based on Romper Room is also planned, also debuting in the fall, as is U.S. Adventure.

On July 2, it was announced that Warner Communications had sold Atari Inc. to Jack Tramiels, a businessman who founded and until recently was the CEO of Commodore International, with implications for Atari's computers and video games. Warner will retain some of Atari's assets such as its Coin-Op and AtariTel divisions.

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